happen
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they happen | |
he / she / it happens | |
past simple happened | |
past participle happened | |
-ing form happening |
- [intransitive]
to take place, especially without being planned (尤指偶然)发生,出现 You'll never guess what's happened! 你根本猜不到出了什么事! Accidents like this happen all the time. 此类事故经常发生。 The most recent incident happened only a week ago. 最近的一次事件发生在一周前。 The government has denied that the events ever happened. 政府否认这些事件曾经发生过。 Change doesn't happen overnight. 变革不会在一夜之间发生。 You have to make things happen. 你必须让事情发生。 Let's see what happens next week. 咱们等着瞧下一周会怎么样。 I'll be there whatever happens. 不管发生什么事我都会到那儿的。 No matter what happens, he's going to pay for what he's done. 不管发生什么,他都会为自己的所作所为付出代价。 Is this really happening or is it a dream? 这是真的还是做梦? This would never happen in real life. 这在现实生活中是绝对不会发生的。 I don't know how this happened. 我不知道这事怎么发生的。 I try to keep up with what is happening in the world. 我努力跟上世界上正在发生的事情。
Extra ExamplesI don't remember learning to swim, it just happened. 我不记得学过游泳,反正就那么会了。 Mistakes are bound to happen sometimes. 错误有时会不可避免地发生。 She couldn't quite believe that all this was actually happening to her. 她简直无法相信这一切居然真的发生在自己身上。 Sometimes fun activities just happen spontaneously; at other times they take careful planning. 有时候好玩的活动自然就来了,有时候却需要精心筹划。 You have to make things happen if you want them to happen. 如果你希望某事发生,就必须创造条件使其发生。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- actually
- really
- just
- …
- be going to
- be likely to
- be bound to
- …
- to
- [intransitive]
to take place as the result of something (作为结果)出现,发生 She pressed the button but nothing happened. 她按下按钮,但什么反应也没有。 What happens if nobody comes to the party? 要是没有人来参加聚会,会怎么样呢? Just plug it in and see what happens. 就把插头插上,看看会怎么样。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- actually
- really
- just
- …
- be going to
- be likely to
- be bound to
- …
- to
- [transitive] happen to be/do something
to do or be something by chance 碰巧;恰好 - [transitive] happen to be/do something
used to tell somebody something, especially when you are disagreeing with them or annoyed by what they have said Topics Opinion and argumentc2(向对方表示异议或不悦等)
Word Originlate Middle English (superseding the verb hap): from the noun hap ‘chance’ + -en.
Idioms
an accident/a disaster waiting to happen
a thing or person that is very likely to cause danger or a problem in the future because of the condition it is in or the way they behave 隐患 Any one of these nuclear plants may be a disaster waiting to happen. 这些核电厂中的任何一个都可能会成为灾难隐患。
accidents will happen
people say accidents will happen to tell somebody who has had an accident, for example breaking something, that it does not matter and they should not worry 出事是难免的
anything can/might happen
used to say that it is not possible to know what the result of something will be 什么事都可能发生;结果难以预料
as it happens/happened
in the event of something | in the event that something happens
it (just) so happens that…
shit happens
- (taboo, slang)
used to express the idea that we must accept that bad things often happen without reason 天有不测风云;坏事难免会发生
these things happen